Airship.



W. C. YOUNG.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1913.

Patented Feb. 16,' 1915.

@qu fuman W. G. YOUNG.

ARSHIP.

-APPLIGATION FILED APR. 1v, 1913.

1 l 28,648'. v Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

fl'or ump W. G. YOUNG.

PARSHIP.

APPLGATIoN FILED APR.17.1913.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Woe n to@ kvm WILLIAM o. YOUNG, onronrANA, Kansas.

Appueatidnmeaaprii 1?, 1913. serial ne. 'zei-,734.

T all whomfi't muy concern.'

Bea known that I, wim@ arnese, y.

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Fontana` .inl the vcounty 'of' Miami and State of Kansas, have' invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alrships, of which. the following is a specificatlon. f

ticularly to those of a dir igble type, and has for its object the provision 'of ay devlce' of this character -which may be collapsed' to form. a' speciesof aeroplane.

Another object is to provide a device of;

this character formed. upon and supported by animproved form' of frame work which -is adapted to serve as a container for gas lighter than air.

j A further obJect is the vprovision of an iniproved construction of framework tubing.

Other objects and advantages such as durability andv the generalim'provementof" the art willfbe l'brought out fully 1n the. following specification and lllustrated 1nthe accompanying drawings inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete air ship,l Fig. 2 is a' front elevation thereof, Fig.y 3 is a cross sectional view thereof showing the machine in its collapsed position, Fig. 4 is a top, View with parts.. broken away to-more clearly illustrate the construction, Fig. 5 is' a longitudinal sectional view through one of the frame work tubes and Fig. G'is a longitudinal sectional View through one of the frame w'ork tubes showing a modified form.

Referring more particularly-'to the drawings 1 designates the gas'bag ofthe machine as a whole, which comprises the rectangular portion 2'and the cylindrical portion 3. The rectangular portion 2 comprises the bottom 4, side walls-'5, `end walls.

6 and the top wall 7 supported and braced Iby the bars 8 and Sa which are connected withthe frame work to be described.y The cylindrical portion 3 comprises a pairof longitudinally' vdisposed shells 9 preferably crescent-shaped in cross sectlon andwhich are supported .by curved bars 10 which eX- tend around the outside'of each shell. v The bars are pivotally connected at their upper ends with a horizontal longitudinally ex tending platen-as. shown at' 12, and are nalso pivotally connected at their lower ends. with the horizontal bars 8, as shown at '13. The frame work of the machine comprisesA an upper frame which is composed'of a plu speciale-anon ofrettrsraeenta Patented Fe- .16 i915.

purposes of 'illustration I have. shown the vertical'bars as connectedl with collars 16 This invention relates to air ships, parsurroundingthe outermost tubular members 14. SupportedA from the upper frame by4v means of' vertical hangers 17 isa sub-frame',l

vwhich comprises a pair' of parallel longitu` dinally extending tubular.members- 181 con-v are journaled 4short-shafts'22 formed upon the extremities of hollow propeller shafts f 23. A plurality of propellers 24 are secured ofthe shorthafts 23 are bevel pinions25 'uponthe shafts 23. Secured 'upon the ends which are ad pted to mesh vwith other bevel p inions 26 'seuredupon'transverse shafts 27 Vsupported by v'brackets 28 -formed on the f A' hangers 21. Uponeachfofthe shafts27 is Y secured aflyw-heel- 29.

Secured upon the platform 20 'adjacent'its for-ward edge is a windlass 30'about`which y' A' 1s trained afcable 31 which extends v-outwardly of the hangers 17 uponxwhichit is`V guided by pulleys 32. The cable`31'extend's rearwardly1 ofr the machine and isconnected with the ends of a` transverse bar 3 3 which; extends Athrough a rudder-34 which rs-pivotafly mounted in' brackets 35 securedupon n the rear portion of theframe work.' -Seats l are also supported upon the Vplatform-20 as shown and are preferablyformed hollow and sued with gas whichas lighter thm-aia Engines' and 37 are disposed 'upon'the lplatform 20 and areprovided upon their vshafts with pulleys 38 about which .are v trained belts 39 which extend downwardly shafts 23. cured a. reel 40 whichmay-be connected with loo and around pulleys secured upon the hollow v Adjacent the lengine- 37 is see,

the engine37 byA means ofa shifting lever.

41 whichv throws clutch members into engagement with each other. The this reel will-be described later.

-In order to collapse the. gas bag from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the vposition shown-'in Fig.. 3v provide the windlass 42 purpose ofA engine' 36,. and adapted to be connected therewith by means of clutch members-and ashifting lever-43. A cable 44is trained 5 about-.the Windlass-42 anbextendsl over guidel pulleysfl scured-outwardlyfof the tubular ofthega's bag, 1.0 The v.operation- .of-th'e machine 'is as'foL' lows: Assumirithatthe various portions @ofi the .gas bag haife been filled `With'- gas ready for l. starting', and y'that thev machine is held Iniig. -6 a slightly Inodi'edform of the "tube'is show r1. Inthis form 'a cyl'inder`511 -is open at one endwhere itis provided with down-by cables atta'chedto'an'y desired por'- tion of ...the'frari 1o Workfin order tofri'se,;i't i is merely necessary to .dlsengagej thel cables,- l" whereuponl thelliftig power/of the gas bag will. immediately. cause theI machineyto rise.

After the desiredf altitude has 'been reachedy further ascent of the :machine canlbe pref vented by starting the engine and 'shift--f' ing :the lever 431 so. .that the windlass 42 will .berotated llfThe cable then pull l* downwardly--and'outwardly upon the horizontal bars-,8a thusfcausing -.the:rectangular .portion 2 of ,the ga'sbagto discharge a.,- portion of the-gas containedtherein .out through valve structures I46.v which .areso constructed4 that they will not .openunless pressure With- 1 in th-'rectangular -portion2`has been greatly increased bythe collapsing- ,o the -rectangular portion2 As soon as,suiiici"ent'gas has Vbeen allowed to escapeand the"nf 1achinev 'remains at the same atitude, the lever 43 may bev shifted'fto stop 'the motion of. the.l windlass lThe engines 36 land 37 willthen rotate the shafts 23 causing-the .propel-1ers' 2 4 to `propel the ship in a'horizonta'l l direcf tion, andthe side w'alls 5 of the'` portionf-2e--- 40 and .the bottom Wall ofthe compartment serveas soaring v'planes to la greater'or less.,

l 'feX-tent. Itjwllbe noted that the, ship may be easily/'guided by means ofthe WindlassjOl connectedk withthe lrudder134. As the shafts 4'5 23 rotate, the y Hy wheels 2 9. will also rotate i by virtue of the interrneshing'of the piions 25 and .26 These ,y' wheels steady the. motionfo'ffthe machine and exert powerful f oppositionto any lateral yoscillation. of the machine.' '.Whenthe desired destination has been reached and it is' desired .to make a landing'fyvhichwould probably be made 'at a; special station designed for .the purpose, the'engines 'arev slowed down o r reversed, as required, to bring-the machine directly over` passing lfronr the free l0," i. This' nuernberg of cable 'to' something'rmly attached upon the ground. and. the ship may .then be' pulled dow-n by Winding the reel 40.

In order to make the frame Work of the machine as light as possible l prefer to em- 'Pistons 4 9 litti'n'g 'snugly'withinthecylin "the'pi'stons49iwillbe forced outwardly tol" inder forcing? outl the "air contained therein tained'i'n position by saidjuprightsand said@ I ployfatubular frame construction as .slioizyvin with an inwardly openl "g check'vale 48,5576;

that Whenj 1,f'ga's'is' forced" into thev cylinder 4'47 be retained-by theimrnduanges'50. Th y anfinturned flange' 5.2 and :is closedf'at'i the Wardly ,opening check" valve Y5.35. piston"-i introduced throughtheval-ve "the piston' y54 Willbe movedf'longitudina'lly of thecyl- It will :bef understo'odfthat various changes the'form;.constructimcand arrangement- I f partsmay .be-resorted to Without de-pa-rt-4x 'Jing from. theispirit of the.im'fe'ntio'n or lim'- LfInan -airship,fa-fraine comprising. ag.; 1

pipe communicating with ysaid shell intermediate its ends, a check valve in said inletf- `.\pipe, anda pair of pistons disposedwithin- 1 y' said shell ateach side ofjsaid inletpip'e and 'movabletoward 4thegendsfof the shell whenI gasis admitted'through said inl et-fpi})e,.4 /vvheiebyithe-,air will be'forced? fro`m"^thej shell by said f-pi'stons, the --ina1 engagementill yosaid pistons-:With said-flanges forming, theendclosuresffm"said'shell.`v

rods-andimeansforpulling theupperends bag disposed' against 'said uprights then vided. with outlet openings-'pr e meees v the upper ends of seid. uprights outwardly prights, whereby said Curved plate and for partially collapsing said gasv bag, the said last named gas bags will serve as auX- sides of said bag then serving' as planes, ilifzry planes.

curved rods pivoted upon the inner ends of ln tesimony 'whereof l'alix my signa-ture 5 said substantially yhorizontal rods, a, plate in presence of two witnesses.

x Try Y. connecting the uppel ends of said eurwed YWLLM YQUNG.

rods, and a pair of gas bags disposed within the closure'formed by said curved rods, the Witnesses: lower ends of said curved rods being moved WV, H. LEWIS, 10 outwardly by the outward movement of said GEORGIA HAZLETON. 

